making it the largest empire in history. British government and society benefitted economically from the empire. The people colonised by the British had British laws and customs imposed upon them ...

Elkins, Caroline M. "Race, Citizenship and Governance: Settler Tyranny and the End of Empire." In Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century: Projects, Practices, Legacies, edited by Caroline M.

Scots appear to be unwilling to accept their country's leading role in creating the British Empire, a new poll suggests. More people believe that Scotland was simply a subject of England than a ...

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...

The wealth the British extracted from India 'would be enough to carpet the surface area of London in British pound 50 notes almost four times over,' said the report ...

LONDON (AP) — The British government said Wednesday it still plans ... One of the last remnants of the British Empire, the Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814.

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History ... the imperative and importance of studying the British Empire and its legacy has gone stratospheric. This course will ...

The British government is setting its sights on becoming ... the country was one of the few in Europe that didn’t have an empire in the 16 th century and it managed to get the biggest.

Here’s What You Need to Know: No empire wins every fight, not even the vaunted British. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and... Here’s What You ...